Latest News from VirtualAcorn:

We have just completed an update of our 'Buying a new PC' article. The article has been modified to reflect the...(Read more)

28/09/2016 - Windows technical support refresh

Over the last few weeks we have refreshing the Windows technical support section of the VirtualAcorn website. As part of this process a number of articles have been updated to reflect changes in Windows 10. In addition we have now published several new articles which have been prompted by recent support requests by customers:

A fairly serious fault with some white disc versions of VirtualRPC (numbers 12019-VRP to 12028-VRP inclusive) was reported to us this week. After testing we have determined that those versions of VirtualRPC were assembled with a faulty HostFS component.

The fault shows itself if the user has VirtualRPC in a window and click on the 'Tools' option along the top of the VirtualRPC window and then clicks on 'Options'. VirtualRPC will then crash when it ...(Read more)

13/08/2015 - Windows 10 support

Over the last few weeks we have been testing and collating support materials for Windows 10. We have now updated our Windows support index to include Windows 10. We have done extensive testing and, provided the suitable installation instructions are followed, there have been no significant problems running VirtualAcorn products...(Read more)

13/02/2015 - Technical Support Assistant for Windows 2.0

We are pleased to announce that a new version of the Windows Technical Support Assistant (TSA) is now available. The TSA is designed to provide quick access to the type of technical support
that can only normally be provided by a member of staff...(Read more)

02/02/2015 - Technical documentation updates

As part of our on going support overhaul two further new articles have been added to the support section of the VirtualAcorn website. The first article cover testing of Windows Drivers for Windows Vista and later...(Read more)

13/01/2015 - Technical Support Assistant for Mac OS X.

VirtualAcorn are pleased to announce that a beta version of our Technical Support Assistant (TSA) for Mac OS X is now available. The TSA is designed to help diagnose and suggest solutions for the more common support issues...(Read more)

Our next pair of support articles document a useful workaround for reading the data from Acorn formatted floppy discs on Windows or Mac OS X computers without a floppy disc drive. The problem is that many computers only support USB floppy...(Read more)

9/01/2015 - Installing VirtualRPC on a PC or Mac with no optical (CD/DVD/Bluray) drive

Increasingly modern PCs and Macs, especially small form factor (SFF) machines, are supplied without optical drives. As VirtualAcorn products are currently supplied on CD you might think that an external CD/DVD drive would be needed...(Read more)

8/01/2015 - Recovery of data from RISC OS hard discs

It's the start of the new year and we have already been busy. The first update of this year is the release of a new article dealing with file recovery from RISC OS formatted hard discs. There are versions of the new article for...(Read more)

5/9/2014 - New Windows versions of VirtualRPC-SE, VirtualRPC-SA and VirtualRPC-AdjustSA now shipping

From today's date we will be shipping upgraded versions of all our Windows products designed to better support Windows 7 and Windows 8. Earlier this year we released an upgraded VirtualRPC-AdjustSA and since then we have been working on similar improvements to VirtualRPC-SE and VirtualRPC-SA...(Read more)

26/8/2014 - 'Incompatible host' error documented with new solution

We are still working on the Support section of the VirtualAcorn website with new articles appearing at a regular...(Read more)

30/7/2014 - Latest updates to technical support articles

As part of our continuing product support 3QD Developments Ltd is constantly updating our support database. Over the last 30 days there have been two new issues that have not presented before and that were not covered by existing technical support...(Read more)

26/6/2014 - New VirtualAcorn website launched

3QD Developments Ltd are pleased to announce that a new version of the VirtualAcorn website has now gone live. We have been working on the re-designed website for several months with every page and every graphic on the site being updated. The new site is easier to navigate with a crisper more modern image. In addition the...(Read more)

13/5/2014 - VirtualRPC-AdjustSA for Windows updated

We are pleased to announce that from today we will be shipping an updated version of VirtualRPC-AdjustSA for Windows. There have been numerous...(Read more)

18/4/2014 - New support articles in the VirtualAcorn website

A number of new support articles are now available in the support section of the VirtualAcorn website. New articles that help users with the Windows Event Viewer have been added along with direct fixes for common problems. Articles relating to UAC (User Account Control) on Windows...(Read more)

Over the last couple of months 3QD Developments Ltd has been refreshing and updating VirtualRPC for Mac OS X. There have been a great many changes based upon customer feedback. In particular we have completely re-built the product installers to fix a long term issue...(Read more)

18/12/2013 - 'VirtualRPC In Use' - Combined Supplements e-booklet

For ease of reference, the recent 10th Anniversary special 'VirtualRPC In Use' article is now combined with the 12 supplements issued in 2011 to form a baker's dozen. The revised e-booklet can be downloaded from...(Read more)

About VirtualAcorn

Virtual Acorn allows you to run the Acorn operating system RISC OS on a Windows PC with Windows 2000, XP, Vista, Windows 7, Windows 8 or Windows 10. You can also run RISC OS on a G4, G5 or Intel Mac with Mac OS X 10.4 or later. Any RISC OS programs can then be run on the PC/Mac. VirtualAcorn can operate inside a window, just like any other Windows application, but can also run full screen. In full screen mode the PC looks and feels just like an Acorn computer. VirtualAcorn requires no extra hardware to be fitted in your PC and can be installed in minutes.

Every copy of VirtualAcorn comes with appropriate software and documentation including:

An appropriate version of the Acorn RISC operating system.

Complete HTML RISC OS user manual with EasyStart front end.

Virtual ADFS hard disk drive with the latest !Boot sequence.

Facility to read Acorn floppy discs and CD-ROMs.

Power management and networking support.

Bundled ROM based applications such as !Paint and !Draw.

Full commercial versions of Ovation, DrawWorks and Mr Clippy.

Sample software packs of Public Domain, Freeware and Shareware programs.

Pre-configured memory settings which allows VirtualAcorn to run "out of the box".

Access to the many thousands of RISC OS applications available.

VirtualAcorn really is the best of both worlds. You can run the operating system you want, RISC OS, on cheap fast modern hardware. Why have two computers, when you can have everything you need in one?

Customers should note that VirtualAcorn products require an unlock code before they can be run. You will need to install the software then contact VirtualAcorn with your unique Product ID and serial number. We will then provide an unlock code, currently we are only able to provide codes during normal office hours.